Gov't is concerned about erratic power supply - Mahama

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EZEKIEL 12 years ago

Mr.President...the SO-CALLED PROGRESS IS TOO SLOW IN COMING!! So are we saying
there's NO quicker way to DELIVER WATER and MAINTAIN CONSTANT POWER SUPPLY ???
Kufour and Co. got Loans years back to IMPROVE water delivery.... ...
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Mr.President...the SO-CALLED PROGRESS IS TOO SLOW IN COMING!! So are we saying
there's NO quicker way to DELIVER WATER and MAINTAIN CONSTANT POWER SUPPLY ???
Kufour and Co. got Loans years back to IMPROVE water delivery.....nothing!
WE WANT RESULTS QUICKER AND NOT AT THIS PACE,if you care to KNOW!!
JUST DEVOTE YOUR FIRST 2 yrs. to Water supply,Electricity and FILTH, if NOTHING else!!
TerriblY Spe cifiC 12 years ago

JOHN MAHAMA NDC HAS SQUANDER ALL THE MONEY! THEY USED IT FOR BILLBOARDS, 4X4, "BENTOA" ETC, GHANA HAS NOTHING LEFT

JOHN MAHAMA NDC HAS SQUANDER ALL THE MONEY! THEY USED IT FOR BILLBOARDS, 4X4, "BENTOA" ETC, GHANA HAS NOTHING LEFT
OLD SOLDIER 12 years ago

The NDC would have to explain to Ghanaians how a dead man came to author and sign a letter!

The opening paragraph states, “I came to serve; I have finished my time here on earth and have moved on to everlasting rest and ...
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The NDC would have to explain to Ghanaians how a dead man came to author and sign a letter!

The opening paragraph states, “I came to serve; I have finished my time here on earth and have moved on to everlasting rest and celestial duties with my heavenly father.”

The immediate question is; how did the dead man come to sign his own personal tribute, since he is already in heaven?

The letter then goes on melodramatically, “As you leaf through these pages of my life’s story, I pray to God that it touches your heart in many positive ways. Weep not, I am not dead. I am alive and awake in the Lord. Ghana will not die; Ghana will live to declare the works of the Lord. As I rest in perfect peace in the celestial realms with my maker, I pledge to always uphold and defend the good name of Ghana. Remember the Lord in all your ways and He will protect you. Stay well my brothers and sisters, I will always be with you. Signed (with actual signature) John Evans Atta Mills...
DAN 12 years ago

why talk of another Ghana owned airline( yesterday) if your worried about Lights..Pay the debt to your subcontracted power providers and to Nigeria to provide gas when pipe is repaired..Sell Tema oil to Exxon/Bp/Shell or Tota ...
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why talk of another Ghana owned airline( yesterday) if your worried about Lights..Pay the debt to your subcontracted power providers and to Nigeria to provide gas when pipe is repaired..Sell Tema oil to Exxon/Bp/Shell or Total..not another ghanian to keep it closed and import finished products
AKASI MARTHA ARIZONA USA 12 years ago

FELLOW COUNTRY MEN AND WOMEN, ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY. MAHAMA WILL DO WELL FOR GHANA.

FELLOW COUNTRY MEN AND WOMEN, ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY. MAHAMA WILL DO WELL FOR GHANA.
TerriblY Spe cifiC 12 years ago

HE HAS COLLAPSE GHANA! EXTRAVAGANT PRESIDENT! MAKE GHANA AFEDERAL STATE NOW

HE HAS COLLAPSE GHANA! EXTRAVAGANT PRESIDENT! MAKE GHANA AFEDERAL STATE NOW
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 12 years ago

GO OUT THERE AND RECEIVE YOUR REWARD, ALL GHANAIANS. GO AND PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR FOOLISHNESS. YOU DON'T GIVE A SECOND MANDATE TO AN INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, NO!! NOT AT ALL, THAT IS ABOMINATION IN DEMOCRACY, VERY ...
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GO OUT THERE AND RECEIVE YOUR REWARD, ALL GHANAIANS. GO AND PAY THE PRICE FOR YOUR FOOLISHNESS. YOU DON'T GIVE A SECOND MANDATE TO AN INCOMPETENT AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, NO!! NOT AT ALL, THAT IS ABOMINATION IN DEMOCRACY, VERY SUICIDAL. HAD NDC MANAGED THE ECONOMY WELL, THESE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SITUATION. NDC HAS PRESIDED OVER THE BIGGEST RESOURCES GHANA HAS EVER HAD. THEY HAVE ALSO CONTRACTED MORE LOANS THAN ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT IN OUR HISTORY, BUT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR THIS. GHANAIANS SHOULD HAVE ENJOYED SOME ECONOMIC PROGRESS AT THIS TIME IN OUR HISTORY. THE ECONOMY IS COLLAPSING BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS SO CORRUPT. TO RESCUE THE SITUATION, THE POOR IS NOW BEING FORCED TO PAY. THIS IS INJUSTICE. THIS IS NOT THE GHANA KUFFOUR HANDED OVER TO NDC, HE EVEN ADDED FRESH CRUDE OIL WELLS. NPP TRANFORMED GHANA TO A MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMY WITH LIMITED RESOURCES BUT GOOD POLICIES. NDC IS WOEFULLY REVERSING THESE NPP ACHIEVEMENTS. GHANA'S CURRENT SITUATION IS VERY DISTURBING. WHEN THE HISTORY IS TOLD, IT WILL BE SAID THAT GHANAIANS WERE OFFERED FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION, IMPROVED UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL HOUSING FOR THE POOR AND AN EGALITARIAN SOCIETY BUT 50% SAID NO THANK YOU. THEY PREFERRED ECONOMIC "WOYOMISATION" , PHANTOM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, PHILANDERERS FOR LEADERS, MACHIAVELLIAN DISRESPECTFUL CORRUPT LOUTS AND A VISIONLESS EVIL GOVERNMENT. I AM SO PROUD I VOTED FOR NANA AKUFFO ADDO.
DAN 12 years ago

In Phoenix and on weekends in Flagstaff Arizon for $5 per hour...blowjob is another $2

In Phoenix and on weekends in Flagstaff Arizon for $5 per hour...blowjob is another $2
MADZIA 12 years ago

Apparently we have generators which were used from last september till now, but the government is broke and cant afford to run them , cuz they used all the money to buy laptops , cars ,and Afari gyan .

They fooled ghanaian ...
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Apparently we have generators which were used from last september till now, but the government is broke and cant afford to run them , cuz they used all the money to buy laptops , cars ,and Afari gyan .

They fooled ghanaians hahaha.It dey be k3k3 . hahaha.

If they really cared like K4 did . They wud have bought crude to ran the generators like he did when we even had less power. So that they people who sell food , will be able to preserve their food , the petrol stations can work , the butchers who supply us meat can serve us healthy food , our tomatoes will not go rotten ,the office workers can work and not sit idle in this technology era ,so that local business men can manufacture.

This twat does not care about us . They want us to buy and sell forever . No innovation.

They get to drive home with their free fuel and free cars , to their free homes with free generators which run on free fuel from the state.

It dey bii k3k3 . Some of us will not suffer as much as some will ,but cuz of lack of education after getting a free drink and 50 gh , they will shout it dey bii k3k3 . We shall see who go suffer . Rememember that when others get poorer others get richer . Most it dey bii k3k3 will get poorer with this useless government for us we will have no choice but to grab whats on offer . We are smarter and do not need ndc or npp to make money , we merely need to them to make the environment easier for us to make money and also assist in making policies to help our fellow brothers and sisters have an opportunity to make it too , not merely to survive let alone feed his or her family , so regardless we go chop and survive for a rainy day , but the it dey bii k3k3 peeps and unfortunately most of our fellow ghanaians go suffer .
LESS JOBS AS PEOPLE LAY PEOPLE OFF. LESS MONEY FOR TIPPING . LESS MONEY FOR SPENDING , AS PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR SPENDING HABITS , CUZ FRIDGES ARE SPOILT , OR NOT ON AS THERE IS NO POWER, SO THE CYCLE STARTS FROM THE MARKET WOMEN AND STARTS A RIPPLING EFFECT ON ALL MANNER OF SOCEITY IN OUR COUNTRY . THEN INFLATION STARTS TO RISE THEN OUR CEDI STARTS TO TUMBLE THEN WE START TO IMPORT MORE AND MORE AND THEN THEY WILL LEAVE POWER AND NPP COME AND REBUILD THEMESS THE CREATED AND WHEN THEY RECOVER TH ECONOMY AGAIN, GHANAIANS FORGET AGAIN ABOUT THESE CLUELESS LOT AND VOTE NPP OUT AGAIN(ACCORDING TO THE EC , BUT THESE DAYS I AM EVEN HAVING MY DOUBTS AS TO WHETHER NPP EVEN LOST THE 2008 ELECTIONS AS FORTHCOMING EVIDENCE IS GOING TO SHOW IN THE COURT) AND THE CYCLE KEEPS GOING ON AND ON. GHANA IS DOOMED IF NDC DONT JUST REPLACE THEIR LEADERS AND CHOOSE PEOPLE WITH VISIONS. CUZ AT THE MOMENT THEY R NOT EVEN FIT TO BE AN OPPOSITION PARTY, CUZ THEY HAVE NOTHING SENSIBLE TO CONTRIBUTE OR HAVE ANY POSITIVE AGENDA.

THEY WERE FORMED OUT OF A MILITARY REGIME AND HAVE NEVER EVER COME TO REALISE THAT TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND THAT LIFES PRIORITIES ARE NOT ABOUT SECURITY AND FOOD ALONE BUT ABOUT TODAY TOMORROW, 50 YEARS TIME AND 100 YRS TIME AS WELL . CUZ IF THEY REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT THEY WILL NOT BE TAKING DECISIONS LIKE THEY R UNDERTAKING.
THEY NEED TO CATCH UP AND THINK OF WAYS OF HELPING THE NEXT GENERATION CUZ OURS IS HOPELESS FINISHED WE CANT EVER RECOVER , GHANAIANS ARE NOT BETTER OF THAN THEY WERE 10 YRS AGO. THEY ARE WORSE OFF. BUT AT LEAST TO BUILD FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS AND EVEN THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEAS APART FROM THE GENDER ,SOCIAL AND WHATEVER MINISTRY.

CHANGE UR MINDSET AND START ATTRACTING VISIONARIES TO UR PARTY.
Its 2013 and there is no more time to play with our future. QUIT THE 'STOP THE ASHANTI PROJECT ' at all cost AND AT LEAST DEVELOP A PLAN FOR OUR COUNTRY AND STOP THE LIES .

U HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY EXPOSED TO SHOW HOW SHORT SIGHTED YOU ARE TODAY , BY ALL THE PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING . AFTER CAMPAIGNING FIERCELY , U ARE IN POWER AND HAVE RAN OUT OF IDEAS

SHAME .
Akwadaa Swiss. 12 years ago

DEAR PLS Mr PRESIDENT,BETTER SEEK COMPETENT FORIEGN ENGINEERS TO HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL. THIS PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR FAR TOO LONG,WELL OVER 15YRS.TRASH IT OUT AND U WLD BE REMEMBERED FOREVER.

DEAR PLS Mr PRESIDENT,BETTER SEEK COMPETENT FORIEGN ENGINEERS TO HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL. THIS PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR FAR TOO LONG,WELL OVER 15YRS.TRASH IT OUT AND U WLD BE REMEMBERED FOREVER.

Master, UK 12 years ago

May the Lord our God bless this energetic, innovative, visionary, handsome, young President.

Let Ghana invest in the energy sector , store excess energy in the GRID for export to other African countries.

I will sugges ...
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May the Lord our God bless this energetic, innovative, visionary, handsome, young President.

Let Ghana invest in the energy sector , store excess energy in the GRID for export to other African countries.

I will suggest to Mahama to consider the WIND TURBINES along our coastal areas. The wind turbines harvest the wind into energy. Denmark realy solely on WIND. cANADA, gERMANY, Ausralia USA(California) are on this renewable source of energy.
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

I laughed aloud!

I laughed aloud!
Pelicles 12 years ago

During the campaign to the presidential election, you promise that "dum sor, dum sor" will be a thing of the past if you win the presidency so, what is going on now?

During the campaign to the presidential election, you promise that "dum sor, dum sor" will be a thing of the past if you win the presidency so, what is going on now?
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

A zebra walks on the farm in Butumajabo Takoradi, bumps into the cow! hey miss cow what do you do on this farm; i supply the farmer with milk;; he wonders a little further . and pumps into the chicken! hey miss chicken what d ...
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A zebra walks on the farm in Butumajabo Takoradi, bumps into the cow! hey miss cow what do you do on this farm; i supply the farmer with milk;; he wonders a little further . and pumps into the chicken! hey miss chicken what do you do on this farm;; i supply the farmer with eggs,, ok then he bumps into the stallion!!! hey mister stallion, what do you do on this farm;;;;; if you take off them fancy... striped pyjamas... i, ll show you
ERICUS-ERICUS 12 years ago

KUFFUOR DID NOT MAKE TOO MUCH NOISE, HE DID NOT TALK TOO MUCH BUT AT LEAST HE CAME UP WITH THE BUI DAM AND SUPPORTED THE AZOGLI POWER PLANT, HE BROUGHT IN THE OSAGYEFO GENERATION PLANT, ECT, JJ BEFORE THEN BROUGHT INTO FRUITI ...
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KUFFUOR DID NOT MAKE TOO MUCH NOISE, HE DID NOT TALK TOO MUCH BUT AT LEAST HE CAME UP WITH THE BUI DAM AND SUPPORTED THE AZOGLI POWER PLANT, HE BROUGHT IN THE OSAGYEFO GENERATION PLANT, ECT, JJ BEFORE THEN BROUGHT INTO FRUITION THE TAKORADI-ABOADZE PLANT!!!.... DO SOMETHING AND STOP TALKING
collins owusu 12 years ago

I don't believe John Mahama and his government.

I don't believe John Mahama and his government.
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

NDChas been in power long enough to solve the problem! So when did you become deeply concerned?

NDChas been in power long enough to solve the problem! So when did you become deeply concerned?
American 12 years ago

We can put all of this "grammar" to rest with one observation: Nothing in Ghana (or Africa in general) will be built that does not ultimately satisfy Chinese demands.

China won't build new power plants in Ghana until it co ...
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We can put all of this "grammar" to rest with one observation: Nothing in Ghana (or Africa in general) will be built that does not ultimately satisfy Chinese demands.

China won't build new power plants in Ghana until it confirms that diesel generator export to Ghana is no longer
profitable.
ME GYEMO SORDUM 12 years ago

WE HAVE NO WATER; WE HAVE NO ELECTRICITY; AND WE CANNOT POWER OUR GENERATORS BECAUSE OF HIGH FUEL PRICES. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, SOFOCATE US TO DEATH ? OUR SALUTATION TO YOU - MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING AND NIGHT - IS "Y ...
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WE HAVE NO WATER; WE HAVE NO ELECTRICITY; AND WE CANNOT POWER OUR GENERATORS BECAUSE OF HIGH FUEL PRICES. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, SOFOCATE US TO DEATH ? OUR SALUTATION TO YOU - MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING AND NIGHT - IS "Y3 MA WO DUMSOR"
Jato Kaleo 12 years ago

We have a body called Energy Commission but nobody knows what they do except collecting fat salaries and travelling all over the world. What are the commission's responsibilites and who oversees what they do if they do anythi ...
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We have a body called Energy Commission but nobody knows what they do except collecting fat salaries and travelling all over the world. What are the commission's responsibilites and who oversees what they do if they do anything at all?

Edem Mensah 12 years ago

MAYOME said the power cuts will end by december.....lair lair liar MAYOME

MAYOME said the power cuts will end by december.....lair lair liar MAYOME
Chief amankwa 12 years ago

I know

I know
Kyekyeku 12 years ago

Every country is moving forward as years passes by , not in Ghana,

Every country is moving forward as years passes by , not in Ghana,
Benjamin Dedjoe,MSEE 12 years ago

Mr. President and the People of Ghana,

Power generation is not the only reason for the power outages. The power distribution systems infrastructure on the low voltage side must be thoroughly examined as well. What I see h ...
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Mr. President and the People of Ghana,

Power generation is not the only reason for the power outages. The power distribution systems infrastructure on the low voltage side must be thoroughly examined as well. What I see happening is that unmarked direct-buried medium -voltage cables in the ground that are several years old blowing up causing most of these outages. Besides that distribution transformers are undersized due to load growth and possibly overloaded during peak hours causing power outages. Generating more power will not completely solve the problem .
I am an electric power engineer in the United States. I only want to offer my help. I will fix the problem free of charge. Feel to Google search my credentials online. If you are willing to take my offer Mr President and the People of Ghana, please have one of your energy experts contact me as soon as possible. Please forward my request to the President.
Very Respectfully,
Signed
Benjamin Dedjoe, MSEE
Electrical and Electric Power Engineer
USA.
dedjoe@yahoo.com.
Kwame 12 years ago

Massa we are tired of government excuses. Let's see some results. This thing started last year and it has rather declined steadily so you are not attacking the problem with urgent attention.

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Massa we are tired of government excuses. Let's see some results. This thing started last year and it has rather declined steadily so you are not attacking the problem with urgent attention.

If ndc cannot get this energy crisis right then they can forget their next term.

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